Paraguayan 10 Year Old Raped By Stepfather Denied Abortion

Government officials in Paraguay denied a 10-year-old girl who was raped and impregnated by her stepfather an abortion, arguing the girl's health is not at risk -- the only condition under which the procedure is allowed in the country.

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10 Myths About Abortion That Need To Be Busted

10 Myths About Abortion That Need To Be Busted

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MYTH: Abortion is dangerous.

REALITY: Over 99.75 percent of abortions do not cause major medical problems.
Less than one-quarter of 1 percent of abortions performed in the United States lead to major health complications, according to a 2014 study from the University of California, San Francisco, that tracked 55,000 women for six weeks after their abortions. The researchers note that this makes an abortion statistically about as risky as a colonoscopy.
If that fact seems surprising, consider how American pop culture misrepresents the risks of abortion: Nine percent of film and television characters who have abortions die as a direct result of the procedure, according to another 2014 study from UCSF.